Brief Life History of Abigail Eliza
When Abigail Eliza Chase was born on 4 October 1820, in Bristol, Addison, Vermont, United States, her father, Ezra Chase, was 24 and her mother, Tirzah Wells, was 24. She married William Lathrop Cutler on 7 February 1846, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. She immigrated to Deseret, Millard, Utah, United States in 1850 and lived in California, United States in 1870 and San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States in 1880. She died on 21 January 1892, in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in San Jose, Santa Clara, California, United States.
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- Abigail Hubbard, "United States Census, 1880"
- Abigale Eliza Chase in the U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900
- Abigail Eliza Chase Hubbard, "Find A Grave Index"
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1821 · Financial Relief for Public Land
A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
1825 · The Crimes Act
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
Name Meaning
English (southern): metonymic occupational name for a huntsman, or perhaps a nickname for an exceptionally skilled huntsman, from Middle English chase ‘hunt’ (Old French chasse, from chasser ‘to hunt’, Latin captare).
History: Thomas Chase came to MA from Chesham, Buckinghamshire, England, in the 1640s, and had many prominent descendants. Samuel Chase, born in Somerset County, MD, in 1741, was one of the first members of the US Supreme Court; Philander Chase, born in Cornish, NH, in 1741 was a prominent Episcopal clergyman, and his nephew Salmon Portland Chase (1808–73), also born in Cornish, was governor of OH, a US senator, and secretary of the US Treasury during the Civil War.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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Biography of Dudley Chase
Biography of Dudley Chase Written by his daughter, Mrs. Abigail Chase Gudmundson Edited 2014 Dudley Chase, son of Ezra Chase and Tirzah (Wells) Chase, was born the 22 May 1835 in Sparta, Livingston, …
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